UJ
Joined: Oct 22, 2003
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UJ
I feel every solo tikiphile's pain here.
I too have had a hard time collecting Tiki. Yeah, I'll admit that I've found my fair share of tiki. And I'm never disappointed if I don't find a Ren Clark severed head or a Don the Beachcomber mug, but it's more of the thrill of the hunt/find for me.
The closest Tiki bar to me is in Dallas (Tiki Bob's), I haven't been there yet, but from their website they come off as a "Joe's crab shack" type of place. All other Tiki bar or Tiki related businesses are all down along the coast line (where I've been trying to get my west Texas born wife to move).
Honestly I guess I shouldn't complain, I mean I could take a small vacation down to the coast and I have a house I can "borrow" from a relative in Galveston.
In my three years of Tiki collecting, I've collected about 28-30 mugs and countless monkey pod bowls, masks, etc. I do have to admit I do live in a fortunate area that is rich in Tiki finds, but it's fellow friends and artists who collect as well (meaning the people I hang out with). So I have to hit up the thrift stores faster than them. Fortunately many of them will pass up mugs if they have it in their collection or if it's cracked. Not me, I see it, I snag it.
That's how I've collected most of the "vintage" furniture, this one thrift store chain doesn't care how much they get (i've spent about $200 getting boomerang tables, couches, and chairs collectively for our living room, because no one around here wants them) We should do a Tiki hunt in the Dallas Ft. Worth area. :)
I decided to make my own paradise in my backyard. The reason: I can't take vacations like I want to, so I'd rather step into the backyard to get away from the world. I'm getting a vintage camper that I'm going to gut and transform in to a bar/ art studio.
I tell you, in a small town of 685 or so, you get strange looks when you are working on a 7ft tall concrete Moai fire pit.
Mo-Holler.
[ Edited by: Unkle John on 2003-10-24 07:46 ]
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